Roads

Speed limit increases to 75 mph on some highways

BY STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

AUSTIN Transportation officials on Thursday signed off on a faster speed limit of 75 mph for about 1,500 miles of Texas highways. The Texas Transportation Commission approved the change for segments of nine interstates where the current limit is...... Full story

Changes on Highway 191

ODESSA AMERICAN

In the interest of safety, the Texas Department of Transportation is making a change on the Highway 191 frontage roads at the intersection with FM 1788.The left, inside lanes will now be left turn only. This means all traffic on the left, inside...... Full story

Truck hits bridge

Accident closes portion of eastbound I-10

ODESSA AMERICAN

PECOS COUNTY A trucker with an oversized load struck an overpass Thursday in rural Pecos County, the Texas Department of Transportation said, forcing the closure of eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 until debris could be cleared.The closure was...... Full story

Texas Department of Transportation snow plows clear some of the snow from Interstate 20 near West County Road Monday afternoon. Plows from as far as Amarillo were sent to help clear roads in the area.

TxDOT gets 8 snowplows from Lubbock

ODESSA AMERICAN

Eight plows from Lubbock have arrived in the Texas Department of Public Safety's Odessa District. Four will work on Interstate 20 between Monahans and Odessa. Two will be on I-20 between Odessa and Midland. The final two will be on Highway 191...... Full story

One driver westbound on Interstate 20 near Dixie Avenue went off the roadway into a sign Monday morning. The driver was not injured in the incident.

Slippery road conditions bring wrecks

PHOTO BY MARK STERKEL

As a snow-rain-sleet mixture of precipitation fell early Monday, roadways became somewhat slick as one driver found out while driving westbound on Interstate 20 near Dixie Avenue where his truck went off the roadway into a sign. The driver was not...... Full story

TxDOT to extend FM 1788

ODESSA AMERICAN

ANDREWS COUNTY The Texas Department of Transportation is about to begin a project to extend FM 1788 two miles, bringing it up to Gaines County.Beginning Monday, Jones Brothers will begin transforming Telephone Road in Andrews County into FM 1788....... Full story

[NR] Work on FM 1053 to start

News Release

IMPERIAL Drivers using FM 1053 some 10 miles south of Imperial will have to exercise a little patience starting this week.Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving Contractors are scheduled to begin rehabilitating a small stretch of FM 1053. While the work is...... Full story

From Left, David Contreras, Odessa Traffic Department sign supervisor, prepares to install a Dawn Ave. sign as Shaun Nagel, Willis Electric employee, prepares new traffic lights Thursday at the intersection of Dawn Avenue and 42nd Street.

New traffic lights for 42nd Street and Dawn

PHOTO BY ALBERT CESARE

Above, from Left, David Contreras, Odessa Traffic Department sign supervisor, prepares to install a Dawn Ave. sign as Shaun Nagel, Willis Electric employee, prepares new traffic lights Thursday at the intersection of Dawn Avenue and 42nd Street....... Full story

A Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper was transported to Medical Center Hospital as a precaution when the vehicle he was driving rolled over off Interstate 20 near the Grandview Avenue off ramp. Road conditions were slick in the area.

White Christmas causes some issues

BY JOHN CORRALES

Though snowfall helped create an ideal Christmas, not to mention the first white Christmas since 1997, it didn’t come without a bit of calamity.The OA responded to four vehicle accidents between Friday evening and Saturday as of press time,...... Full story

Fog sealing project to take place in Crane County

ODESSA AMERICAN

A fog sealing project is scheduled to take place, as weather permits, during the next three or four weeks in and around Crane County, a Texas Department of Transportation news release stated.Starting with 14 miles of U.S. Highway 385 from the...... Full story

Authorities find dead body in West Odessa

ODESSA AMERICAN

A 25-year-old man’s body was found on a road in West Odessa early Saturday morning, a news release from the Ector County Sheriff’s Office stated.Ricardo Salcido Campos was found by ECSO deputies and DPS Troopers at around 5 a.m. in the...... Full story

[NR] Three Odessa intersections to get new traffic lights

42nd Street and Dawn Avenue project is first on list

NEWS RELEASE

ODESSA Workers with Willis Electric will start working Monday to upgrade the traffic light at 42nd Street and Dawn Avenue, but the work won’t force any road closures until the week of Dec. 19 – after Permian High School lets out for the...... Full story

[NR] Rehab work scheduled for Interstate 20

Work targets section east of Stanton to Howard County line

NEWS RELEASE

STANTON Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving Contractors Inc. plans to start work east of Stanton the week of Dec. 12 on a project that will refurbish 3.7 miles of Interstate 20.Jones Brothers will remove and replace the top layer of asphalt in the...... Full story

New traffic light to be installed in West Odessa

ODESSA AMERICAN

A new traffic light will be installed next week at the intersection of University Boulevard and Tripp Avenue. After the light pole was destroyed in an accident July 7 the intersection became a four-way stop, according to a Texas Department of Public...... Full story

New I-20 bridges continues construction project

ODESSA AMERICAN

The construction project on Interstate 20 opened its westbound bridge Tuesday at the East Loop 250 in Midland County, a news release stated.Now both bridges on I-20 are open, although work on the Loop 250 interchange between the two bridges will...... Full story